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| − | Summary Information | + | === Summary Information === |
| − | * Operator: | + | * Operator: Enquest |
* Country: UK | * Country: UK | ||
* Location: 150 kilometres east of the Shetland Isles | * Location: 150 kilometres east of the Shetland Isles | ||
* Production start: | * Production start: | ||
| − | * Partners: | + | * Partners: Enquest (81.62%) and Chrysaor (18.38%) |
| − | * Type: Oil | + | * Type: Heavy Oil |
* Estimated Reserves: | * Estimated Reserves: | ||
* Production Volume: | * Production Volume: | ||
| − | + | === Description === | |
| − | * | + | * Bressay is a heavy oil field in the Northern North Sea located in 110 metres water depth and 12 kilometres Northeast of the [[Kraken Oil Field]]. |
| + | * Bressay is one of the largest undeveloped oil fields in the UKCS with an estimated stock-tank oil initially in place (‘STOIIP’) of 600 to 1,050 MMbbls. | ||
| + | * The field has been appraised through the drilling and testing of four further wells, with flow rates of up to 2,900 bopd achieved. | ||
| + | * The Bressay field is located across four UK licence blocks: P234, P493, P920 and P977. Each of these licence blocks has the same equity partnership. | ||
| − | + | === Contractors === | |
* **Inocean:** PreFEED for floating storage unit | * **Inocean:** PreFEED for floating storage unit | ||
* **SNC-Lavalin:** Jacket Front-End Engineering | * **SNC-Lavalin:** Jacket Front-End Engineering | ||
| − | + | === History === | |
| + | * 1976 - Bressay field discovered | ||
* 2007 - Hydro acquires Chevron's stake in the field | * 2007 - Hydro acquires Chevron's stake in the field | ||
* 2017 - Chrysaor acquired Shell's stake in the field. | * 2017 - Chrysaor acquired Shell's stake in the field. | ||
| − | + | === Geology === | |
* | * | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 30 November 2021
Summary Information
- Operator: Enquest
- Country: UK
- Location: 150 kilometres east of the Shetland Isles
- Production start:
- Partners: Enquest (81.62%) and Chrysaor (18.38%)
- Type: Heavy Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- Bressay is a heavy oil field in the Northern North Sea located in 110 metres water depth and 12 kilometres Northeast of the Kraken Oil Field.
- Bressay is one of the largest undeveloped oil fields in the UKCS with an estimated stock-tank oil initially in place (‘STOIIP’) of 600 to 1,050 MMbbls.
- The field has been appraised through the drilling and testing of four further wells, with flow rates of up to 2,900 bopd achieved.
- The Bressay field is located across four UK licence blocks: P234, P493, P920 and P977. Each of these licence blocks has the same equity partnership.
Contractors
- **Inocean:** PreFEED for floating storage unit
- **SNC-Lavalin:** Jacket Front-End Engineering
History
- 1976 - Bressay field discovered
- 2007 - Hydro acquires Chevron's stake in the field
- 2017 - Chrysaor acquired Shell's stake in the field.
Geology
Links
- Inocean FPSO References
- Hydro acquires interests in UK heavy oil fields
- SNC-Lavalin Awarded Statoil’s North Sea Bressay Jacket Front-End Engineering Contract
- Aker Solutions to deliver drilling equipment package for Mariner platform
- Shell to sell package of UK North Sea assets to Chrysaor for up to $3.8bn
